Tuesday, February 9, 2010

OUT LOUD: Voices of the Black Power Babies 2/25 (Dartmouth)

The Griot's Corner @ the Frederick Douglass Unity House

Proudly Presents

OUT LOUD
Voices of the Black Power Babies

A generation of Performing Artists, Writers and Educators were born and raised during, as well as directly influenced by the artists, intellectuals and cultural architects of the Black Arts Movement; as the movement enters it's third generation we explore the transformation of a movement into a culture. Join us for our first evening of performances and conversation with two generations of Black Arts Movement Artists.

Featuring:
ASKIA TOURE - Griot, Poet, Black Arts Movement Architect, & Black Studies Pioneer
MIKAL AMIN "Hired Gun" LEE - Griot, poet, MC, and educator
TAH PHRUM DUH BUSH - Griot, Poet, Philosopher, MC and Actor
TANTRA-ZAWADI - Griot, Performance Poet, Writer and Filmmaker
MWALIM *7 - Griot, Performance Artist, Writer, Filmmaker and Assoc Prof of English and African/ African American Studies

THURSDAY, FEB. 25 - 6:30 - 8:30 PM

Frederick Douglass Unity House
285 Old Westport Road.
N. Dartmouth, MA 02747

For more information, contact 508.999.9222 or mpeters@umassd, edu

This event is Free and open to the public

"In my childhood a circumstance occurred which made an indelible impression on my mind, and laid the ground work of that enthusiasm.. ." - Nat Turner

MWALIM (MJ Peters)
Assoc. Professor of English & African/ African American Studies
Univ of Mass Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Rd.
N. Dartmouth, MA 02747
mpeters@umassd. edu
PH: 508-999-8304
FX: 508-999-9235

Monday, February 8, 2010

PLAYS FOR HAITI -- TONIGHT! (NYC)

7:30pm TONIGHT!

Blackboard @ the cell
PLAYS FOR HAITI
5 Minute Plays
featuring work by:
Zay Amsbury
Joan Baker
Garlia Cornelia Jones
Shaun Neblett

Donations Greatly Appreciated
to Benefit "DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS"
www.playsforhaiti.com
See you Tonight!

--
BlackBoard Reading Series
2nd Mondays
the cell theatre
338 W. 23rd (23rd b/t 8th and 9th Ave.)
www.blackboardplays.com
thecelltheatre.org

WOODIE KING, Jr. Celebrates Week Two of Black History Month (NYC)

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Sunday, February 7, 2010

DeeWorks Live! 4pm to 7pm Today

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For those of you who tried to tune in last Sunday, we apologize. As a result of technical difficulties, we were unable to broadcast our show. We hope that you will tune in with us this Sunday - Yes, we know it is SuperBowl Sunday, but tune us in as you prep for the game from 4pm - 7pm

Featured Guest: Washington DC Playwrite - Merrill D. Jones - discussing the upcoming reading of her play "Mrs. Streeter" on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 @ 6:00pm - Free Admission - Dramatist Guild 1501 Broadway, NY, NY

Mwalim's DEM BIG GIRLS gets some big attention



BOSTON - In the beginning of December, Mwalim uploaded his newly finished Music Video for DEM BIG GIRLS on his Youtube channel, placed a couple of links on his Facebook and myspace page and watched what happened. As the link for the video got passed around to a few folks via the social chat site, the catch little tune began to draw viewers from all over the place.

The artsy little opus, directed by soul artist Phillip Aaron has been creating quite a buzz in the New England and New York regions. Filmed during the Caribbean Festival in August at Biff's Lounge and the William E. Reed Auditorium in Dorchester, Massachusetts (both housed in the Prince Hall Grand Lodge) the video became the perfect off-set for Mwalim's underground, dance hall club track.

Liberation Music - MGM is currently trying to secure regular broadcasting for the video on BET's video shows as well as the MO'nique Show given the song being an ode to the plus-sized beauties of the world.

MWALIM (MJ Peters)
Associate Professor of English & African/ African American Studies
Univ of Mass Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Rd.
N. Dartmouth, MA 02747
mpeters@umassd. edu
PH: 508-999-8304
FX: 508-999-9235

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Michael Bradford's FATHER AND SONS 2/11-4/4 (Chicago)

[eta Creative Arts Foundation] MAINSTAGE SHOW
FEBRUARY SPECIAL "2 for 1"
* Thursday 8:00PM and Sunday @7:00PM
"Fathers and Sons" Written by Michael Bradford
Directed by Kemati J. Porter

Fathers and Sons
Over the course of one fateful night, three generations of fathers and sons confront a lifetime of absence, mistrust, mistakes and broken
promises, all for the possibility and the hope of a new sunrise.
Featuring Dale Benton, Olivia Charles, Mark Howard and George C.
Stalling

February 11 Thru April 4, 2010 Thurs - Sat., 8 pm; 3 & 7 pm
Sundays $30 (student, senior, group discounts) *"2 for1" based on the
$30 ticket only [Allstate] [jpmartin] eta Square
7558 S. South Chicago Avenue, Chicago

For more information, call eta at 773-752-3955 or visit
www.etacreativearts .org
http://r20.rs6. net/tn.jsp? t=wxbygidab. 0.0.qlxt7ecab. 0&ts=S0448& p=http%3\
A%2F%2Fwww.etacreat ivearts.org% 2F&id=preview> Now in its 39th
season, eta Creative Arts Foundation seeks to be a major cultural
resource institution for the preservation, perpetuation and promulgation of the African American aesthetic in the City of Chicago, the State of
Illinois and the Nation. In a colloquial sense, "to tell our story in
the first voice".

Friday, February 5, 2010

Red Harlem Readers

Thursday, February 4, 2010

PLAYS FOR HAITI Monday, 2/8 at the cell (NYC)

Monday, February 8, 2010
7:30pm
PLAYS FOR HAITI
5 minute plays
Featuring New Work by...
Zay Amsbury
Joan Baker
Garlia Cornelia Jones
Shaun Neblett
... and more....
RSVP by Email or on Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=283347024957

See you Monday and THANK YOU to everyone who participated
in our very intense and in depth discussion: New Voices in Black Theatre last month!
Visit: www.blackboardplays.com for more information

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Crossroads offers Valentine's Day package (New Brunswick)

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Sunday, January 31, 2010

DeeWorks Live! Featuring DC Playwrite Merrill D. Jones


Today, 4-7pm EST. For more information, please click the post's title.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Van Dyke's LOVE TO ALL, LORRAIANE opens 2/5 (NYC)

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Friday, January 29, 2010

M.O.I.S.T scores in LA



"M.O.I.S.T!"
(The Multiple Orgasm Initiative for Sexual Transformation)
Opened at the HAYWORTH THEATRE last Sunday and it was a big hit!!!!!

ONLY 5 PERFORMANCES LEFT

We're in the Los Angeles area,
with a well lit parking lot on one side
and the fabulous historic La Fonda Restaurant on the other.*
Everything you need for a wonderful, delicious evening!

* (20% off with your ticket pre and post show at La Fonda)

Bring a group and come spend a rockin', fun, sexy evening with "M.O.I.S.T!"

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Source: Lynne Conner-Smith" publicity4you@yahoo.com